Michael Tsarion on Akhenaton, the Cult of Aton - part 1 of 6

At the time Akhenaten became Egypt's pharaoh during the XVIII Dynasty circa 1350 B.C., Thebes was the capital and its patron god, Amun, the most powerful of the Egyptian gods. Amun had delivered Egypt at the start of the New Kingdom, driving foreign occupiers out of the land. The priests that served Amun were powerful and held as much as 30% of the land. Known first as Amonhotep IV, the pharaoh changed his name to Akhenaten during the fifth year of his reign, banishing the old gods and instituting what some scholars have called a "religious revolution."
Akhenaten and the Cult of Aton
Rejecting the traditional Egyptian gods, Akhenaten took the extraordinary step of moving the capital to a new city, built from scratch on the east bank of the Nile at Amarna. It was called Akhetaten or the "horizon of the Aten," and would stand for thirty years. Moving his court to the new city, Akhenaten vowed never to leave, a decision that would have negative implications.
Aten was the sun disk, the Re of old Egypt, personified in the pharaoh who was both the son and intermediary. According to Bob Brier, the idea of the sun disk first appeared "a thousand years earlier during the Old Kingdom." Similarly, Nicolas Grimal argues that Akhenaten's beliefs were not revolutionary or new, but could be traced back to old theological teachings coming out of Heliopolis in the Old Kingdom period.
Writing much of the liturgy himself, Akhenaten's most well known poem of adoration was his Great Hymn to the Aten which has often been compared to the Old Testament Psalm 104. The notion that Aten somehow promoted monotheism is debated. Grimal points out that "Atenism" was a reflection of "the common ground of Semitic civilizations."

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[ashtile]

@rcacad Which stories are you referring to in particular? Yes it's true that there was some desecration done by Akhenaten as he attempted to wipe out the Amun worship and Amun's priests but obviously there was a lot he didn't destroy because we have statues and effigies from before his time. As for the temples, later Dynasties often used the stones from older temples to rebuild new ones but it wasn't considered desecration.

[Epiphanystone]

@rcacad 3rd the Aten was not a new god but rather the "old god" who was forgotten after generations of amen's priests being in power. Akhenaten returned to the old ways & as Pharaoh had full access to all holy text in the libraries without exception or deferring to the priest. this was how he discovered the priests lies and corruption & where the trouble began.The priests, being confronted & fearing the loss of power challenged him & he closed all temples taken over by amen's priests.

[Epiphanystone]

@rcacad 2nd amen was a lesser god of only local importance until the princes of Thebes ascended the throne & made their city capitol. Amen priests were the ones to change the structure of worship in Egypt first. After fusing amen & other gods they became middlemen denying people access to the holy of holies, the shrines inner sanctum (hence the name amen the hidden)& decreed in order to gain amen's favor people give offering they sold at the temple. they got very wealthy & corrupt

[Epiphanystone]

@rcacad well first off there's no reason to be rude even if the anonymity of yt does let one forgo manners.From the reply I see you know little of that period. Like stated in the vid amen/amun "the hidden one" was the monotheistic diety & the priests of amen who wanted even more wealth & power claimed him the king of gods, the one & one with no seond & systematically took over temples of other gods to fuse amen with them. first ra became amen ra followed by amen ptah, amen kephra ect.

[rcacad]

@TheBarandasrb university - unification of diversity.

[rcacad]

@Epiphanystone WTF are you talking. It was a persecution in leu of strict worship of him! It was not in promotion of diversity.... He was a psycho on a power trip.

[rcacad]

@ashtile why do the stories claim that temples were burned, statutes were desocrated and all writings and effigies of Amen - Ra were destroyed in leu of a strict worship of Akhenaton

[rcacad]

@DenizCaroll i know, dna evidence is evil... what a shame.

[DenizCaroll]

This is a production of the Satanist Church. It's good that everyone knows whom they're listening to.... Writers of the "alternative" Bible, now talk about the "alternative" history.

[ashtile]

I have never heard any Egyptologist describe Egyptians as 'idol worshipping pantheists' or 'hideous pagans'. That is the sort of language Christians use not professionals. Why is Tsarion telling these lies? Akhenaten was NOT a monotheist; he was a Henotheist and if Tsarion knew anything about Egyptian religion he would know that.There is no evidence Babylonian culture came from Egypt.